167. The Psychology of the Psychedelics | Roland Griffiths

Dr. Roland Griffiths, Ph.D. is a professor of neuroscience, psychiatry, and behavioral science and director of the Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the author of over 400 scientific research publications and has trained more than 50 postdoctoral research fellows. He has been a consultant to the National Institutes of Health and numerous pharmaceutical companies in the development of new psychotropic drugs. Dr. Roland Griffiths and I discuss the research with John Hopkins University. We spoke about how he got into psychedelics and convinced ethic committees to approve such research, why he chose the scientific path, specifics about his studies with psilocybin, transformations of cancer patients with family members, the impact of psilocybin in existing institutions, the ongoing studies he is performing with long-time meditators and religious leaders, how the integration of psilocybin into society may look and more. Find more information about the center for psychedelic and consciousness research at https://hopkinspsychedelic.org, and read Roland’s publications at https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/publications This episode was recorded on March 2nd, 2021 FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CENTER FOR PSYCHEDELIC AND CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH: http://hopkinspsychedelic.org ONGOING STUDIES: Depression Study Website https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/depressionstudy Cigarette Smoking-Psilocybin Study Website https://www.quitsmokingbaltimore.org/ Alzheimer’s Disease-Psilocybin Study Website https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/alzheimers Anorexia Nervosa-Psilocybin Study Website https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/anorexia Co-occurring Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/depression-alcohol Psychedelic Survey Studies https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/index/#research PUBLISHED STUDIES: All Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Science Publications https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/publications